Improvement in garment-supporters



H. P. ANDREWS.

Garment-Supporter No. 221,951. Patented Nov. 25, 1879.

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N. PETERS. FHOTO-LETHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON o c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HEZEKIAH P. ANDREWS, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,951, dated November25, 1879; application filed March 7, 1879.

the combination, with two narrow springs,

united at their centers and springing apart at their ends, (forming twosets of jaws,) of the pair of clasps below described, hinged upon bothsides of the springs to rivets, which also unite the springs, suchrivets passing through each side of the clasps, as below set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improvedgarment-suppoiter open. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same closed andturned over sidewise. Fig. 3 1s a longitudinal section closed andgrasping a portion of a sleeve.

to and b are the two thin narrow metallic sprin gs, their naturalposition bein g illustrated in Fig. 1. They arefastened together byrivets c 0, upon which turn the clasps d (I. \Vhen the device is not inuse the clasps are up and the jaws are open, as in Fig. 1. When agarment is held by the device the clasps d are down,

extension or neck upon one side only, while mine have two extensions,through both of which the rivet 0 passes. This, of course, would beimpossible in a pocket-hook clasp, as it could not be opened.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the double springjaws a b, the pair of clasps d d,of the shape shown, and each hinged to both springs or jaws a b andrivets c c, said rivets passing through the springs near their centers,and also through both sides of each clasp, thus uniting the springs andforming hinges for the clasps upon both springs, arranged andconstructed substantially as and for the'purposes set forth.

HEZEKIAH I ANDREWS.

Witnesses: i

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, B. W. WILLIAMS.

